Leaders from the disability rights, civil rights and medical communities speak out against assisted suicide. View these video testimonies outlining the numerous problems and issues that arising from assisted suicide legalization.

Jack Kevorkian's legacy will not only be of promoting and performing assisted suicide, he also preyed on people's fears at some of the most vulnerable times in their lives. While Kevorkian's peculiar and morbid notoriety also earned attention for other pro-assisted suicide groups like Compassionate Choices (formerly the Hemlock Society) and Final Exit Network, it also galvanized opposition from people of diverse social and political backgrounds.

In 2011, Senate Bill 167, which would have legalized assisted suicide in Montana, was defeated in the Senate Judiciary Committee. This defeat was due in part to the efforts of what is now Montanans Against Assisted Suicide and For Living with Dignity. However, the fight is not over. Compassion & Choices is running a misinformation campaign which claims that assisted suicide is already legal, and because of this they have asked us for help. Visit their website to sign the petition against assisted suicide: http://www.montanansagainstassistedsuicide.org.

Please join them. Similar to many other diverse coalitions opposing assisted suicide they are single issue focus and welcome everyone opposed to assisted-suicide regardless of your views on other issues.

If adopted this November, a ballot initiative in Massachusetts will legalize physician-assisted suicide for patients whose conditions are predicted to produce death within six months. Initiative Petition 1112 claims to ensure that the patient's decision to commit suicide is voluntary. That claim, however, is misleading.

The initiative petition requires that two persons witness the patient's written request for a lethal prescription. One witness, however, can have a financial interest in the patient's death. That person can be the only witness present when the lethal drug is taken. Thus, an interested heir could pressure the patient, and no one would know because no objective witness is required when the drug is taken.

For the full letter to the editor from Temple Law School Professor Emeritus Stephen L. Mikochik Click Here.

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Californians Against Assisted Suicide is a coalition made up of dozens of organizations with many different backgrounds, tactics and goals, but united in one purpose: to defeat the legalization of Physician Assisted Suicide. If you would like to know more about us and how to join our cause, please fill out our brief form here.